Target-trap discharging mechanism.



No. 767,707. PATENTBD A UG. 16, 1904. P. NORTH. TARGET TRAP DISGHARGING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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No. 767,707. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

P.NORTH. TARGET TRAP DISGHARGING MECHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL NORTH, or LAKEWOOD, OHIO, 'ASSIGNOR To THE OHAMBERLIN oAnTEmeE-Aun TARGET COMPANY, on CLEVELAND, OHIO, A. con- PORATIO-N OF OHIO.

TARGET-TRAP DISCH-ARGING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,707, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial No. 188,429- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL NORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Target-Trap Discharging Mechanism, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is for the purpose of discharging the class of target-traps which the drawings show. In such traps the throwingarm is swung back and set in engagement with the trigger by one spring and is discharged by pulling upon a discharging device which puts under tension the normally inert throwing-spring and operates the trigger to release the throwing-arm to the action of said throwing-spring. The point at which the discharging mechanism is operated is remote from the target-trap. The means which have heretofore been employed for this purpose have been of such a character as to very severely tax the strength and endurance of the operator.

The primary purpose of this invention is to render the discharging operation comparatively easy.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts shown in the drawings and hereinafter described, as definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a target-trap of the character specifled combined with my improved-discharging mechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the trap when the throwing-arm has been set and is being held by the trigger. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the trap in the plane indicated by line 3 of Fig. 1.

The trap itself, which is shown at the right side of Fig. l, is not my invention, although some of the parts thereof of necessity cooperate with the discharging mechanism. The throwing-arm A of the trap is attached to a rock-shaft B, and a spring C surrounding this shaft acts, when permitted, to swing the throwing-arm back to the set position, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where a catch a, carried by the arm, engages with the spring-actuated trigger D. The throwing-spring F is attached at one end to an arm 6 on the rockshaft B, and the other end is attached to the lower end of the trigger-releasing lever G. The pull-rod (or rope) H is also attached to this trigger-releasing lever. If this rod is slackened, the spring F contracts and becomes inert, so that the spring C may, as stated, set the throwing-arm. If now one pulls upon the rod H, he distends the spring F and puts it under throwing tension and then by a further pull causes the trigger-releasing lever to engage with the trigger and releaseit,whereby the throwing-arm is thrown by the action of spring F. This trap-pulling rod or rope H is connected with a lever K, pivoted to a standard E, which must be fixed in position. A spring J is also attached to this lever at one end, while its other end is connected with an arm 6 of this standard. This spring J is so adjusted that if the lever be swung so as to permit spring F to loosen its tension the spring J is distended and put under tension. When now the lever is swung so as to discharge the target-trap, this spring J assists in the movement of the lever, and thereby greatly reduces the labor of discharging the trap.

The two springs F and J are so adjusted that they will balance one another when the lever is about midway between the extremes of its movement. There is therefore some little labor attendant upon the movement of the lever in the direction which will permit spring F to thoroughly relax and some labor attendant upon moving the lever from its balanced position in the opposite direction to stretch spring F, and release the throwingarm; but the force required to move the lever in either direction is comparatively little, and as a result this labor may be performed without greatly fatiguing the operator.-

I claim 1. The combination with the normally inert throwing-spring of a target-trap of the character specified, of a lever located at a distance from the trap, a pulling device connecting said lever and spring, whereby the latter may be put under tension by the operation of the former, and another spring exerting upon said pulling device a force in opposition to the force of the throwing-spring,substantially as described.

2. The combination with the normally inert throwing-spring of a target-trap of the character specified, the trigger of said trap, and'a trigger-releasing lever to which said spring is connected, of a discharging-lever located at a distance from the trap, a pulling device connecting said discharging-lever and the trigger-releasing lever, and another spring connected with said discharging-lever and exerting its force thereon in opposition to that of the throwing spring, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the normally inert 2 throwing-spring of a target-trap of the character specified, of a discharging-lever stand fixed at a distance from said trap and having an arm a, a discharging-lever pivoted to said stand, a pulling device connecting said lever and throwing-spring, and another spring connecting with said discharging-lever at one end and with the arm a at the other end, whereby it exerts its force on the discharging-lever in opposition to that of the throwing-spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL NORTH.

Witnesses:

E. B. GILoHRIsT,

E. L. THURSTON. 

